A.Word.A.Day--chrestomathy

2. A selection of literary passages from a foreign language,
especially one assembled for studying a language.

[From Greek chrestomatheia, from chrestos (useful) + manthanein (to learn)
These two parts of the word ultimately derive from Indo-European gher-
(to like or want) which gave us yearn, charisma, greedy, exhort; and
mendh- (to learn) that resulted in the terms mathematics and polymath.]